Malkhut she'b Malkhut
הָיום תשׁעה וְארבעים יָוֹם שֶׁהֵם שִׁבְעָה שָׁבוּעוֹת לָעוֹמֵרֹToday is forty-nine days, which is seven weeks of the Omer
Receptivity in Receiving
Take a moment and concentrate on yourself, on your true inner self, not on your performance and how you project to others. Be at peace with knowing that G-d created a very unique and special person—you. Never forget: you could not have created this being that you are without G-d’s help.
This is the final day of this journey. Forty-eight days ago, we began our journey out of bondage, enslaved by the material world. We arrive now at the brink of the Mountain, where we are to receive the Word which demarcates the space of our existence, and marks our awakening.
Today, we focus our energies at Malchut. This is Malchut in Malchut, the Grounding of the entire Tree of Life. We are here, in this world of countless wonders. This is where we must realise the energies of the Tree. This is the space in which and for which we have responsibility. The light radiates at the base of the spine.
It is a constant challenge to be true to myself and to my world, to perceive my own unfolding uniqueness, while maintaining my integrity and authenticity in a world full of difficulties and confusions. This journey is a journey of discovery. To uncover the traces of all the sefirot which are hidden in this realm. We are beings that can recognise the sparks which are hidden in this place, that We and Creation may expand through this hidden consciousness.
It is not always easy to know my own uniqueness. There are so many voices that live inside me and around me demanding that I conform to models fashioned by others.
How am I to know the way which is right for me at this moment? How am i to realise my own integrity? Perhaps by pausing long enough from our hectic lives to find out how we are really thinking, feeling and sensing our reality. To release the “should’s” from the “ought’s” long enough to meet myself and so to unfold through my own honesty. By daring to announce and accept myself as I am, that I might then be available to those around me and to myself. I am able to see the One I am to be.
I release the chordings that keep me from being fully present in my world. I listen carefully for the inner whisper of direction as I gratefully accept myself and my world. I am ready to stand with all People at the place called Sinai.
Reflections
Torah Unites
We Jews are a diverse people. We speak many languages. We live in every part of the world. We have different cultures, foods, political views. But when a Jew's mind is absorbed within Torah, it is the same Torah within which another Jew is absorbed. And another Jew. And yet another. We discuss and debate and share and challenge and discuss yet more. Until all of us become one in mind, soul and body, within one grand conversation of an endless Torah.
-- Last Day of Passover, 5744. Likutei Sichot vol. 32, pg. 27
